Biden to sign strategic partnership deal with Vietnam in latest bid to counter China in the region

MicroWave OP , 10 months ago

The deal adds to Biden’s string of successful diplomatic initiatives aimed to reassert U.S. influence in Asia in the face of China’s growing economic, diplomatic and military muscle in the region. They include a historic Camp David summit Friday with Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol — aimed at addressing regional threats from North Korea and China.

The Vietnam agreement coincides with an uptick in tension between Hanoi and Beijing over long-standing territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Vietnam — along with the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei — has long protested Beijing’s claim of authority over parts of the South China Sea that extend 1,200 miles from China’s coastline. Hanoi banned the Barbie movie last month due to a scene that appeared to reference the nine-dash line Beijing says marks its territorial waters. Satellite imagery released this week indicates China is building an airfield on an island that Hanoi says is Vietnamese territory.

Jakdracula , 10 months ago

Vietnam wants to be in the middle of the us china tensions.

Vinfast reached the nasdaq.

Stocks were high.

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SupraMario , 10 months ago

Yes! Get rid of JIT models and spread manufacturing out to SEA countries who want it!

Diprount_Tomato , 10 months ago

fortunate son starts playing

MicroWave OP , 10 months ago

This comment pops up every time Vietnam is mentioned.

Cleverdawny , 10 months ago

Good! We should also join the TPP while we are at it. Countering China was always the point.

MicroWave OP , 10 months ago

The TPP is now the CPTPP. Its replacement (kind of) for the US is the the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF).

GrammatonCleric , 10 months ago

What a mouthful 😅

JoeClu , 10 months ago

Will we start seeing everything say “Made in Vietnam” now instead of “Made in China?” Vietnam is also a communist country, so why would the US do this?

ImmortanStalin , 10 months ago

Never forget.